Dispensing container



Patented June 10, 1924.

Q F F l C E JAMES WOODS, OF WEST PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPENSING CONTAINER.

Application filed May 28, 1923.

To all Jwhom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES VooDs, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of West Pittston, county of Luzerne, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Containers, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The object of this invention is to provide Yasimple apparatus for dispensing granular and "other non-liquid loose materials, the

idea being to avoid handling theV material while dispensing it and to keep the material while in the container practically safe from the entry of dust, air, germs, moisture, etc., as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing- Y Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view and Fig. 2 is a partial vertical section and a side elevation of an apparatus embodying my invention;

Figs. 3, 4. and 5 are detail views of parts hereinafter described.

Fig. 6 is a detail View of a modification of the container-funnel;

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a modification.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, 10 designates a common form of sheet-metal keg or barrel in which loose carbide is commonly sold, and 11 is a funnel or conical ring built into the barrel and forming a permanent part thereof,a suitable screw-cap closure (not shown) being usually provided for screwing into the usual inturned nipple 11. It is the object of my invention to provide an apparatus which will support this barrel or keg in an inverted position and will permit the loose carbide to be delivered in measured quantities from time to time from the eXit of the funnel-top, the construction being such that all the material will run out.

The numerals 12 designate three supporting-legs which havey attached to their up per ends supporting-brackets 13, each of which is provided with an upstanding ear 14 provided with an inwardly-extending lug 15. Each of these lugs 15 is adapted to engage a cam-rib 16 aflixed to a flexible steel band 17 whose ends are connected by a bolt 18 or otherwise to enable the band to be contracted and expanded. Riveted to the inwardlyextending supporting-flanges 13 is a depending funnel 19 whose annular flange 20 rests upon the aforesaid flanges 13 and tion.

serial no. `642,134.

whose lower end is closed by a suitable 'laterally-sliding gate 21, provided with a handle 22 for operating it and pivoted at the end opposite the handle to the lower end of the funnel 19. A suitable supportingand-guide-lug 23 is attached to this gate and arranged to overhang a supporting-andguiding-iange 211 carried by the funnel'19, one end of this flange 241 being provided with a stop 25 for arresting the movement of the gate in its closing movement. The flange i 241 is thickened from its outer end toward the stop-lug 25 to provide a cam surface, as shown in Fig. 4to thereby draw the slide'- 70 gate hard against the lower end of the funnel 19 when the gate is swung to closed -posi- To apply my apparatus to a container of the type described, i. e., a container in kwhich a permanent conical hopper 11 is built into the upper end of the container for pourin purposes, I first clamp the band 17 aroun the top end of the container; then lay an annular gasket- 26 on the top of the container, around the opening; then the funnel 19, together with the legs and other attached parts, is placed over the opening in an inverted position, the lugs 14 being positioned at points between the spaced segmental cams 16; then, by rotating the leg structure and its funnel 19, the lugs 15 are caused to ride up the cam-ribs and thus draw the flange 20 of the funnel 19 tightly against the gasket 26; then the apparatus may be turned 90 right-side-up on its legs, when it is ready for operation. It will be observed that with my appartus I can make use of all carbide containers on the market and that the use of my device avoids all the inconveniences and dangers of scooping out the carbide by hand or pouring it out; and, further, my apparatus keeps the carbide well sealed and therefore in prime condition.

I have described my container as being especially useful in dispensing carbide, but it will be understood that it may be used with advantage for dispensing any loose material, especially those materials which need to be kept free from air, moisture or germs or are dangerous to handle.

The funnel-ring 11 fills in the annular space between the screw-nipple 11 and the body of the barrel in order that all the material may be run out of the barrel. I prefer 11o building this ring permanently in the container, as shown in Fig. 2, but in those cases where this ring is not built into the container, I may insert a removable sectional ring such, Jor instance, as shown in Fig. 6, which consists of three or more segments adapted to be normally expanded slightly by means ot coil-springs 112, to the end that all the material may run out of the barrel. Instead of the overlianging lug 23, I may use a roller 23, as shown in Fig. 7, adapted to run on the `liange 24 for the purpose of reducing friction. Other details of construction may be varied, as is obvious, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a dispensing apparatus, a container having a discharge-opening in its lower end, a. supporting structure embodying a discharge-funnel adapted to fit over said open end, a gate for this unnel, said supporting structure embodying a plurality of camlugs, and an expansible and contractible band clamped around the container and carrying cam ribs adapted to engage said cam-lugs,o-r the purpose set forth.

2. A dispensing apparatus consisting of.

a vertical container having a dischargeopening atits lower end, a discharge-funnel adapted to support said container and means 'for supporting the funnel, a gasket arranged between the container and the funnel, and means for removably fastening the container on the funnel consisting of cam-lugs on the supporting means and spaced cam-ribs carried by the container, said cam-ribs being detachably connected to the container.

3. In a dispensing apparatus, a verticallyarranged container having a discharge-openin g at its lower end, this opening being provided with an annular flange extending into the container, a funnel-ring detachably mounted within the container between said flange and the body of the container to facilitate the discharge of material from the container, a supporting structure supporting a discharge-funnel which in turn supports the container, and means for detachably clamping the container down on the funnel.

In testimony whereof I hereunto a'HiX my signature.

JAMES WOODS.

Witness THOMAS G. EVANS, 

